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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 16, Verse 12

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Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
King James Version
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.
New English Translation
When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!
World English Bible
It will happen that when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, and comes to his sanctuary to pray, that he will not prevail.
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This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
14
But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant [shall be] very small [and] feeble.
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The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
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The cities of Aroer [are] forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid.
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The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
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And in that day it shall come to pass, [that] the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
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And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
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Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two [or] three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four [or] five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
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At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
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And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect [that] which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.